filial
adjective
of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter.
filially
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a word derived from
filial.
Example Sentences
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Mrs. Gordon filially groans because the reprint was not more extensive, and without endorsing her own very high opinion of her father's work, it is possible to agree with her.
From Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 by George Saintsbury
I could have chattered filially to him; but he is a youngish man, who came only six months ago.
From Nancy by Rhoda Broughton
Virtue, yielding itself filially to this, finds in heaven not remuneration, but a sublimer theatre and an immortal career.
From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger
Am I to punish for a breach of filial piety one who has never been taught to be filially minded?
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 by John Rudd
Her mother appeared not to think it safe to relax her hold upon the door, and Bartley went filially to her rescue—if it was rescue to salute her blushing defencelessness as he did.
From A Modern Instance by William Dean Howells
